Linda Scarpetta is the Manager of the Injury & Violence Prevention Section at the Michigan Department of Community Health.  She has a Masters degree in Public Health in Epidemiology from the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  Since she joined the department over 17 years ago, she has been involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of a variety of surveillance and community-based injury and disability prevention programs. Prior to joining the health department, she worked as an epidemiologist for two years in Morgantown, WV for the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health conducting occupational injury surveillance and statistical analyses. She is currently serving a second term as the Vice President of the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) and has served two terms as a member of the STIPDA Executive Committee. She has participated in the development of consensus documents for various national and STIPDA committees, including the Framework for Evaluation in Public Health, Consensus Recommendations for Injury Surveillance in State Health Departments, Consensus Recommendations for Surveillance of Falls, STAT Review Guide, and Safe States.

Shelli Stephens Stidham has 25 years of experience in public health, including 18 years in injury and violence prevention. From 1990 through 2007, she served in various capacities with the Injury Prevention Service of the Oklahoma State Department of Health. She was responsible for planning and coordinating the development, implementation, and evaluation of statewide and community-based injury prevention programs and overseeing surveillance for reportable injuries. She is also a founding member of Safe Kids Oklahoma. She has been a STIPDA member since 1994, serving as the state-voting representative for Oklahoma from 2005 through 2007.  In January 2008, she became the Director of the Injury Prevention Center of Greater Dallas (IPCGD) in Dallas, Texas. The IPCGD has adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) Safe Communities model as an approach for working in communities to engage residents in injury prevention. In 1995, the IPCGD assisted Dallas in becoming the first WHO endorsed Safe Community in the United States; Dallas was re-certified by the WHO in 2007.

Lisa VanderWerf-Hourigan is the Director of the Office of Injury Prevention at the Florida Department of Health and has over 25 years of experience in the injury prevention and emergency medical services fields. She is responsible for the development and implementation of the 2004-2008 Florida Injury Prevention Strategic Plan and the 2009-2013 successor plan through the CDC-funded Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program grant.  Also responsible for Safe Kids Florida, Florida Bicycle Helmet Promotion Program, Florida Special Needs Occupant Protection Program, “Keep Your Eyes on the Kids” Drowning Prevention Campaign, and the annual Injury Prevention 101 course. She received her Bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and her Master’s degree from Florida State University.

Peg Prusa-Ogea, M.A., has worked for the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services for 20 years and in the Injury Prevention Program for the past 11 years. Currently she coordinates the activities of the CDC-funded Public Health Injury Surveillance and Prevention Program. She oversees the Rape Prevention and Education Grant and serves on the Statewide Suicide Prevention Coalition and the CODES Advisory Committee. Peg assists with Safe Kids activities in Nebraska and is a certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Instructor.  She received her Bachelor’s Degree and her Master’s Degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Peg has been active in STIPDA since 2001, serving on the Membership Committee, co-chairing the Membership Committee, and serving on the Executive Committee as a Member-at-Large in 2006 – 2007.

Mr. Lundell serves as the Deputy Director of the University of Iowa Injury Prevention Research Center where he began working in 1994.  The Iowa Center is one of twelve CDC-funded “Centers of Excellence” in injury control research.  Mr. Lundell is involved in numerous injury-related research and public policy initiatives and is responsible for the Center’s outreach program. John has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Iowa. He is also a graduate of the Johnson County Citizens Police Academy and a retired firefighter.

Robin Argue, MPH, has worked for the Hawaii State Department of Health with the Injury Prevention and Control Program (IPCP) for 3 years.  Currently she coordinates the CDC-funded Public Health Surveillance and Prevention Program grant, which focuses on building program infrastructure and strengthening community partnerships.  She has a decade of public health experience with a graduate degree in health behavior and health education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.  Prior to IPCP, she worked on several occupational health and safety projects. She has been a STIPDA member since 2006.

Pierre Désy has worked for the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) for over 8 years and has served as the Director of the ENA Injury Prevention Institute/EN CARE for over 4 years. Mr. Désy holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from the University of Illinois at Chicago. In his tenure at ENA, he has led the development, implementation, and evaluation of multiple community-based injury prevention programs and conducted various research studies. Mr. Désy is an active member of the STIPDA Membership committee, the Policy committee, and is vice-chair of the Special Interest Group Oversight Committee. He has participated in the development of the Strategies to Improve Non-fatal Suicide Attempt Surveillance: Recommendations from an Expert Roundtable. Pierre has been a STIPDA member since 2005.

Lori Haskett is the Director of the Injury Prevention & Disability and Health Programs at the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.  She is responsible for developing policies for state programs, recruiting and maintaining public/private partnerships, and developing grant applications.  Lori also chairs the CPS section of the Safe Kids Kansas Coalition.  She is a Certified Child Passenger Safety Instructor and served on the National Child Passenger Safety Board.  Lori has been a STIPDA member since 2002.

Tina R. Johnson, MPH, RN, is the Administrative Director for Pottawatomie, Seminole, Hughes, and Okfuskee County Health Departments in Oklahoma. She earned her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Oklahoma Wesleyan University in 2001 and holds a Master's Degree in Public Health in Health Administration and Policy from the University of Oklahoma.

Ms. Johnson is active in the Oklahoma Public Health Association and has served in several leadership roles. She is a fellow of the Oklahoma Public Health Leadership Institute and serves as a program mentor for the 2009 class. She was honored in 2006 by the Oklahoma State Department of Health Employee Recognition Committee with the "Teamwork Award" for her work in a five-county bioterrorism exercise. She has worked to develop Medical Reserve Corp units in the four county health departments that she serves. She also serves on the Oklahoma Injury Prevention Advisory Committee and has been active in providing injury prevention training opportunities for local health department staff.

Roger B. Trent, Ph.D., joined the California Department of Health services in 1988 and is Chief of the Injury Surveillance and Epidemiology Section. Earlier he served on the faculty of West Virginia University and as Chief of the Injury Surveillance Section, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health at CDC. Dr. Trent supervises epidemiologists working on projects in injury surveillance and epidemiologic studies in such areas as violence, drowning, child abuse, intimate partner violence, central nervous system trauma, senior falls, and injuries to motorists, bicyclists, and motorcyclists. Among the surveillance programs are Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect, California Violent Death Reporting System, and—for dissemination—the EPI Center web site. The web site allows on-line analysis of injury death and hospitalization data from 1991 forward. Much of this work is supported by grants from foundations, CDC, and other government agencies. Dr. Trent has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals.